Sony may present its next-generation flagship smartphone at the end of this month at the MWC 2023 event, but today the first photo of the Xperia 1 V has hit the Web.

As you can see, Sony will continue to use the same design that they switched to with the Xperia 1 II in 2020. Compared to the current model, there are some changes in the design of the camera, but they are minor. It also seems that the module itself has become larger, although compared to some modern devices, it is still very tiny.

You can also see that the lower camera, as in the current generation, will be a periscope module. According to the leaks, the Xperia 1 V will receive a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, which is logical. Given the parameters of past models of the line, we can also expect a large amount of memory and not the largest screen by modern standards.

Apple’s last quarter was the first quarter in years that the company recorded a year-on-year decline in revenue and profit. However, Apple still earns the most in the smartphone market, and 2022 was a record year for it. According to Counterpoint, 85% of all profits in the smartphone market came from Apple.

First, it means that Apple made more money than everyone else combined. Secondly, this is a record figure for the company. But that’s not all. At the end of last year, Apple also accounted for 48% of all revenue in the smartphone market, and this is also a record value for the company. And even in terms of deliveries, the Cupertino giant set its own record, taking 18% of the entire market.

As you can see from the graphs, shipments as a percentage have not changed much since at least 2015, but Apple’s profit and revenue in recent years relative to the market as a whole have grown significantly. That is, the average selling price of a smartphone from a company is growing.

In total, about 1.2 billion smartphones were sold in the world last year, which corresponds to a fall of 12%. And this is the lowest figure in almost 10 years.

Smartphone revenue fell 9% to $409 billion. This is the lowest figure since 2017. The increase in the average selling price of a smartphone last year was 5%. Given the statistics, probably thanks to Apple.

Verified network whistleblower Ice Universe posted new photos on the Weibo social network showing the camera capabilities of the Samsung Galaxy S23+ smartphone at night.

The Samsung Galaxy S23+ also solves the problem of backlighting in night shots, so the improvement of the night algorithm is implemented in the entire series, and not just in the Galaxy S23 Ultra.

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The selection contains photos from the same angle, which were taken on the Samsung Galaxy S23 +, as well as the iPhone 14 Plus. Obviously, the new Samsung phone has better detail and less flare in night shots.

In a previous post, we published a comparison of the battery life of modern flagships Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, iPhone 14 Pro Max and Google Pixel 7 Pro.

Ice Universe was the first to accurately talk about the new trend for smartphones with waterfall screens, about the notch in the iPhone X, about the new design of the iPhone 14 with a Dynamic Island cutout, and about different 200-megapixel image sensors.